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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB2097
Introduced 2/26/2007, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Sara Feigenholtz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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750 ILCS 50/9 |
from Ch. 40, par. 1511 |
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Amends the Adoption Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the
time for taking a consent or surrender.
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A BILL FOR
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HB2097 |
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LRB095 08085 AJO 28247 b |
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| AN ACT concerning civil law.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Adoption Act is amended by changing Section |
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| 9 as follows:
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| (750 ILCS 50/9) (from Ch. 40, par. 1511)
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| Sec. 9. Time for
taking a consent or surrender.
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| A. A consent or a surrender taken not less than 72 hours |
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the birth
of the child is irrevocable except as |
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| provided in Section 11 of this Act. |
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| B. No consent or surrender shall be taken within the 72 |
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| hour period
immediately following the birth of the child.
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| C. A consent or a surrender may be taken from the father |
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| prior to the
birth of the child. Such consent or surrender |
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| shall be revoked if, within
72 hours after the birth of the |
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| child, the father who gave such consent or
surrender, notifies |
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| in writing the person, agency or court representative
who took |
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| the surrender or consent or any individual representing or
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| connected with such person, agency or court representative of |
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revocation of the consent or surrender.
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| D. Any consent or surrender taken in accordance with |
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| paragraph C above
which is not revoked within 72 hours after |
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| the birth of the child is
irrevocable except as provided in |